Shoe last and stand



(No Model.)

I.G.HATOHER. SHOE LAST AND STAND.

No. 518,602. Patented Apr. 24, 1894.

ATTORNEYJ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAIAH G. HATOHER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

SHOE LAST AND STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,602, dated April 24, 1894.

Application filed November 27, 1893. Serial No. 492,039. (No model.)

T at? wftom it may concern.-

Be 1t known that I, ISAIAH G. I-IAroHER, a

. citizen of theUnited States, residing at 00- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented acertain new and usefullmprovement in Shoe Lasts and Stands, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of metallic shoe lasts and stands of that class wherein a standard and last are adapted to be 'detachably connected.

The objects of my invention are to provide an improved last and stand of this class of simpleandinexpensive construction; toso construct and arrange the parts of my device as to facilitate the support of the last either in the inclined or horizontal position; to admit of the change in the position of the last being effected Without the necessity of reversing or rotating said last upon the stand and to produce other improvements which will be more specifically pointed out hereinafter. These ob ectsI accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved last and stand showing a portion of the last body broken away for the sake of clearness. Fig. 2 1s a longitudinal central section of the last. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the lastand a portion of the stand showing said last in a horizontal position and Fig. 4. is an enlarged transverse section on line w .70 of Fig. 3.

slmilarletters refer tosimilar parts throughout the several views.

a represents a metallic last which is of the usual foot form and of any desired size. As indicated at b the ankle portion is provided with a socket, the forward'and rear sides of which are slightly inclined, as shown. In each of the two opposite side walls of this socket b I provide a substantially V-shaped groove or way c which beginning at the mouth of saldsocket has its arms extending inwardly in diverging lines and terminating near the upper or inner end of the socket. As shown in the drawings, the rear arm of said Way or groove is, when said last is supported in a horizontal position, substantially vertical while the forward arm inclines toward the front or toe of the last.

(1 represents a vertical standard which is provided with a flanged attaching base d by means of which said standard may be rigidly The method of connecting said last and standard and supporting the former upon the latter, consists in causing the upper tapering end of the standard to enter the last socket in such manner as to result in the upper portion of the central ribs e of the standard entering one of the arms of the V-shaped way 0.

In case it is desired to support said last in a substantially horizontal position the standard ribs are caused to enter the rear or vertical arm of said groove. In case it is desired to support the last in an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, it is evident that this may be accomplished by inserting the ribs of the standard into the forward inclined arms of said grooves. It is evident that by thus bringing said forwardly inclined grooves into vertical alignment with the ribs, the desired inclination must be attained, as shown. It will be observed that in thus accomplishing this change of position of the last, the necessity of rotating the latter or reversing it, is entirely obviated and that the operation is such as to admit of said change being rapidly and edectively made.

It will be observed that the parts of my device are exceedingly few and of such form and arrangement as to admit of their production at a reasonable cost.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination in a shoe last and stand 5 of the last, an ankle socket-therein, diverging grooves in the opposite walls of said socket, a standard and oppositely located ribs or keys on said standard adapted to enter the desired one of said grooves in said socket, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ISAIAH G. HATCI-IER.

In presence of-- E. J. FARNUM, A. E. HULL. 

